Ash-sifter



APPLICATION FILED JAN-13,1919.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

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To all whom it maycoac'crm Be it known that I,'T1roMAs FRED Frrz- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city ofjB'altimore and State of Marylanthhave invented and discovered certain new anduseful Improvements in Ash Sifters, of which the following is a specification. 2 f p My said invention consists in certain improvements in the details of construction I and arrangements ofpa'rts of ash sifters for household and other use, whereby the operation of sifting ashes may be conducted with little, if any, discomfort incident to dust and dirt and the ashes sifted in a most effi-- cient manner. all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which is made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts;

Figure l is a view of an ash sifter con structed in accordance with my said invention, a portion 'of the bodyor casing being broken away to show the interior, and

Fig. 2, a cross section looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from the dotted line 22 in Fig. 1.

In said drawing the portion marked A represents the main body of the sifter; B the cover therefor and C, the sifter fioor or bottom. 7 V

The parts A and B are not any peculiar construction or arrangement, but may be such as are appropriate for the purpose.

The sifter is preferably made of sheet iron,

cylindrical in form, and the cover Bis formed to fit tightly and prevent the escape of dust during operation. The lower edge of said cover preferably fits against ahead 10 formed to project around the body A,

near its top. The lower'end 12 is somewhat larger than'the body A, being formed with an offset 13, and is adapted to fit over the top of a barrel 14, or other receptacle for the ashes, or achute leading to a point of discharge for said ashes.

A door 15 ismounted over an opening formed in the front side of the body A, being adapted to slide vertically behind flanges 16, appropriately secured to said body on each side of said opening. Said door is provided with, a handle 17 by which it is operated.

A spout or chute 18 is mounted to receive the discharge and leads from sald opening,

Application filed .Taniiary 13, 1919. Serial nbf am'sra secure by Letters Patent is casing,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug.- 31, "1 920.

the floor thereof being in'line with the lower I edge of p the opening and otherwise appropriately arrangedfor conducting the cinders from the sifting floor to an appropriate refceptacle placed undersaid spout. I

,The sifting floor (l is a circulariperfd rated plate, as shown most clearly inFig.

2, and supported on brackets '19 distributed at'intervals'around the body A on'the inside thereof and in a position so that the edge 'of 'said floor adjacent to the spout 18 will be substantially in line therewith and its rear edge considerably elevated above saidv spout, thus disposing said sifting floor at an inclination across said body. 1 The rear 1 of said floor is provided with a handle 20 which extends through a segmental slot 21 in the rear side of said body, as shown. A

curved plate 22 is mounted on the rear edge of said sifting floor 0 covering slot 21 so as to prevent the escape of the ashes and dust to said slot. Said plate is held in position by engaging flanges '23 secured to the inner surface of body A, as plainly shown in Fig. 1.

In operation the ashes containing the Cin-' ders, ready forsifting, are placed in the receptacle A and the cover B placed in position. ing floor C by means of the handle 20 which serves to cause the fine ashes to pass through the perforation into the receptacle below movement and would be comparatively inacl M tive for sifting purposes.

After the ashes have been thoroughly separated from the cinders the operator lifts The'operator then oscillates'the sift-' and retain the cinders and coarse material i c plays door 15 and permits the cinders'to'slide down the spout 18 into the receptacle pro-- vided for the purpose. V

'vided therefor. This operation may be asi I Having thus fully described my said in-.

vention, what I claim as new and desire to casing and communicating with an opening in the side thereof, a sieve disposed wlthln and extendlng in *an inclined plane substantially in line with said chute entirely across dle attached through asegmental slot in said casing op thecasing and positioned to dischargeatits lower side'through the opening andupon the chute, means for supporting saidsieve at its periphery within the casing, and a hanto said sievefl and extending posits said chute for oscillating said sieve. V p 2; An ash sifter comprls'ing a cylindrical cas1ng,-a' cover "therefor, a downwardly 1nclined chutejlocatedupon one side of the casing and communicating with an openlng' in the side thereof, a slidable closure for the .open'i-ng,ra sieve formed with a convex top surface inclined plane substantially in line with said chute entirely across the casing and posi- V 'tion'ed to discharge at itslo'wer side "through disposed within and extending in an v the opening and upon the chute, means for supporting said sieve at its periphery within the casing, a handle attached to said sieve and extending through'a segmental slot in ing saidrsieve, a plate covering the slot in 25' "said'casing opposite saidchute for oscillatthe casing through which said handle ex tends andcarried by said handle, and an overhangingflangecovering the edge of said 7 plate whereby said slot is closed against the VVitnesses J GARDNER, 'GHA. E. 'L'AMBmN.

day of December, A. D. nir'ie'tee'n escape of dust and ashes, substantially "as set whereofl have hereunto set V V 4 35 V THOMAS FRED ITZB R ERQ V 

